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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, Aug. 28

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A week-long Chinese cultural festival titled "2016 Experience China in Iran" wrapped up in Tehran Sunday, which charmed tens of thousands of Iranians and promoted the China-Iran cultural ties.

The event, titled "2016 Experience China in Iran," featured northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region through a photo exhibition, music performance and other cultural activities at Tehran's Niavaran Cultural Center. (Iran-Xinjiang-Exhibition)

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HANOI -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China have developed a growing practical cooperation in the past 25 years of ties, an expert on regional affairs told Xinhua in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi recently.

"During the 25 years, ASEAN and China have focused on practical issues where the two sides see the necessity to cooperate with each other," Associate Professor, Nguyen Thu My, former Deputy Director of the Institute for Southeast Asia Studies (ISEAS) under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences told Xinhua. (Vietnam-ASEAN-China)

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ALMATY -- "Lenovo, Huawei, Xiaomi...... Many young people in Kazakhstan use more and more products made in China with high technology," Gulmira Nurumgaliyeva told Xinhua on Saturday.

Gulmira, a fashionable Kazakh girl, was attracted by Chinese calligraphy in the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition held in Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan. (Kazakhstan-Chinese Products)

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MOSCOW -- The upcoming G20 summit is expected to provide answers to the most burning issues of the modern world, a major Russian business leader has said.

"The efforts of the organizers of the summit and the work under the chairmanship of China leave no doubt that the most relevant and well worked out issues will be submitted for consideration at the G20, the answers that will determine the future agenda, not only in the economic but also in social and humanitarian spheres," Kirill Dmitriev, Director General of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), told Xinhua. (G20-China) Endi